Improvement in cultivators



RBEES'E.

Cultivators.

No. 134,099. I Paten 'ted Dec .17,1872.

Witnesses: ln'yentor:

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UNI ED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

FRANCIS REESE, OF WILSONVILLE, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 134,099, dated December17, 1872; antedated December 14,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, FRANCIS Reuse, of Wilsonville, county of Shelby,State of Ala- .bama, have invented a new and Improved Cultivator; and Ideclare the followin g to be I both sides of the same, or to cover thesubstance planted, and also to a fender for preventing the dirt frombeing thrown in too large quantities around the plant, or on the hill.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a view of the cultivator in plan, in which Ais the beam to which the double-tree is attached. This is made aboutfour feet long, and of. sufficient dimensions in cross-section tosustain the B B are gageable cross-beams resting on the gageable beams O0. 00 are mortised through A. D are the shovel-arms, provided withshoulder at bottom. E is a wooden bedplate, properly beveled to receivescraper G and cutter F, Fig.

2. M is the top of the fender, secured by a wedge-key, N; Fig. 2 is "iewof the cultivator in elevation, in which H is one of the fender-plates;Fig. 3 is separate view in isometrical projectionof one of the feet,provided with bed-plate, scraper, and cutter; and Fig. 4 is separateview of the fender-plates H, with the fender-arm M.

My invention consists as follows: Through the beam A I mortise thecross-pieces O O, which are made gageable, as shown in the drawing, uponwhich rest the longitudinal bars B B that sustain and carry theshovelarms D. These bars B B are also capable of being gaged forward orbackward, and can be made to stand inclined to the beam A. To the arms DD the shovels or scrapers are attached, and to facilitate the attachmentof any shaped plow-share or scraper, the latter are fitted to abed-plate, E, of wood, which has a shoulder to fit'into a similar offsetin the end of the arm D, to which it may then be bolted. These shovelsare inclined toward each other, and when the arms B B are bolted to thecross-bars O 0 this inclination is fixed;

but should it be desired to throw a greater or less amount of dirt uponthe row between them,-they may be given a greater or a less incline bythrowing the front or the rear end of the bars B B nearer to or furtherfrom the beam'A; or the plows themselves may be brought nearer togetherat the same incline by shifting the bars B'B bodily toward the beam A.In order to regulate the amount of dirt thrown upon or against the hillor row between the scrapers, a fender, M, is provided, withfending-plates H H. This may be raised higher or lower to suit thegeneral height of the hill, and there secured by the action of the wedgeN; and this fender can be given any relative position as regards thescrapers, byshifting the bars B B longitudinally. The cutter F, in Fig.3, is made to project a little beyond the scraper G throughout its wholelength, and a little below the edge of the scraper. The handles arearranged in the usual manner.

If desired, the fender M may be dispensed with altogether for some kindsof work, and the plows themselves can be changed from one foot to theother by simply removing the bedplates from the feet and transferringthem each to the other; then, by removing the feuder M altogether andbringing the bars B B close up alongside of the beam A, the scraperswill both pass between the same two rows, and the dirt be thrown outwardtoward both rows at the same time, which may be desirable where onehorse is used.

Iknow that similar devices are shown in the rejected application of E.Oaks, March 10, 1866, for wheel-cultivator, and in rejected applicationof W. Stevens (no date) for cultivators.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, in a cultivator, of beam A, gageable cross-bars O O,gageable bars B B, shouldered arms D D, shouldered bed-plate E bearingthe cutter F and shovel G, and fenders H H attached to fender-block M,made gageable by wedge N, all constructed, arranged, and operatingsubstantially as set forth.

FRANCIS REESE.

Witnesses:

J. W. GWIN, J. M. HENDRICKS.

